Spelling Bee August 21, 2024 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
300
Pangrams
6
Genius score
210
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GAMBLING
- GAMBLING
- AMBLING
- BLAMING
- AMBLING
- BLAMING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
150 pts
50%
Genius
210 pts
70%
Queen Bee
300 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alibi
- ambling
- ambling
- baaing
- baba
- babbling
- bagging
- bagman
- bail
- bailing
- baling
- ball
- balling
- balm
- banal
- banana
- bang
- banging
- banning
- bilabial
- bill
- billing
- binging
- binning
- blab
- blabbing
- blam
- blaming
- blaming
- blin
- bling
- blini
- gabbing
- gabbling
- gambling
- gambling
- gibing
- glib
- iamb
- iambi
- imbibing
- labia
- labial
- lamb
- limb
- mailbag
- mamba
- nabbing
- nibbling
- nimbi
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 21, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, G, I, L, M, N, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 300 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.